Patrick,

Suffice it to say, posts like the one you made to start this thread are one of the biggest justifications for the existance of this Forum. They're also among the most valuable aspects of this Forum.

That said, I have a few questions and comments.

Re: this entire PSI Elway debacle:

- The Elway auctioned off by Historic Auctions: Just to make sure I haven't misunderstood anything, are you saying that Bernie consigned a jersey to Historic Auctions and the authentication of this jersey was performed solely by the consigner (Bernie) himself?

- You said that you offered "this information as a word of caution to anyone who may have an opportunity to purchase a jersey where the provenance of said jersey traces back to this particular collection and/or purchase.. they not take for granted the "Bronco Hinek Collection" provenance". I believe I understand your point here, but I think the wording and title of this thread may be misinterpreted by some. ("Word of Caution Re: Hinek Collection"..). More specifically, it could be interpreted to mean "if you have the opportunity to purchase something from Bronco Hinek or his collection, beware". I imagine the truth of the matter is that if you come across the opportunity to genuinely purchase something from Hinek or his actual collection, you should consider yourself fortunate. It's not really Bronco Hinek (or his actual collection) that you should be exercising caution with, but rather items which purport to come from him. Did I paraphrase that correctly?
Which brings me to my next question:

"..in his communications with Bernie it was revealed that the so-called "Hinek Collection" purchase was actually a bulk purchase that Bernie made in partnership with noted collector/authenticator Lou Lampson."

I'm unclear on what's being said here. Are you intending to say that:
1) Bernie partnered with Lou and both bought these jerseys from Hinek himself (ie: the jerseys really did indeed come from Hinek) or ...
2) Bernie purchased the jerseys from Lou and said it was from Hinek or...
3) Bernie partnered with Lou and together they bought these jerseys from an unidentified source which was most likely not Hinek?

I suppose if the answer was #1, there would be no issues and this thread would not exist?

I think that all of these revelations necessitate the mentioning of a previous thread. This previous thread discusses 2 PSI "80's Montana" jerseys on Ebay:
http://www.gameuseduniverse.com/vb_f...read.php?t=746

I bring up this thread because of the striking similarities with the Elway.
Specifically:
1) 2 "late 80's" Montana jerseys sold by PSI on Ebay in the same week. Both are void of the 100% Nylon tag, just like these Elway jerseys.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...tem=8739034776

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...tem=8739034612

2) At the very same Historic Auctions auction that the PSI Elway was sold at, an "80's Montana" without the 100% Nylon tag was also sold and was authenticated by PSI:
http://www.historicauctions.com/inde...uctionID=31398

Note: All 3 jerseys show the exact same font for the "#1" (the font I kept questioning). All 3 jerseys show an abundant excess of material after the final 3rd sleeve stripe. That is to say, all 3 appear identical.

It's an incredibly similar situation to these Elways; 3 80's Montana jerseys, all lacking the 100% Nylon tag, all authenticated by PSI, 2 of them sold by PSI directly on Ebay and one at the very same Historic Auctions auction as the Elway.

Additionally, I believe I was contacted by the buyer for one of these Montana jerseys and he mentioned that he was told that it came from Bronco Hinek. This buyer is a Forum member.

I'm not trying to imply anything. I'm simply bringing to light what seems to be, in my opinion, some interesting similarities between the PSI Montana jerseys and the PSI Elway jerseys.

Rudy.